            Steinberg Media AG

         ST24/96 and Nuendo 96/52

Notes on driver version 2.023 for Windows 2000/XP


1. Driver update from older NT-driver
2. Driver update under Windows 2000/XP
3. Installation under Windows 2000/XP
4. Driver News
5. WDM note

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1. Driver update from older NT-driver

                 !!!! Attention !!!!!

If the older NT 4.0 driver is already installed:

If you have installed NT driver 3.82 or below earlier, then there is no automatic de-installation at this time. Windows 2000 doesn't remove any entry from its registry when de-installing the device in the device manager. To clean your system before installing the new PnP driver proceed as follows:

- De-install the 'ST24/96 and Nuendo 96/52' in the Device Manager.
- Exit the Tray program.

- In \system32 delete the files

digi9652.dll
digi96.dll
digiconf.exe

The file audio32PCI.dll is part of the old driver, but can not be deleted at this time.

- In \system32\drivers delete the file 'audio32PCI.sys'

- Now start the registry editor (regedit.exe) and delete everything which is found when searching for 'audio32PCI' and 'DIGI96'. The entry 'Legacy Audio32PCI' can not be deleted - no problem.

!!!! Be careful to not delete any other entries, or your system might turn unusable !!!!

Reboot the system. Now the file 'audio32PCI.dll' can be deleted. Also the automatic Plug and play hardware detection is started. Install new driver as described under 2.

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2. Driver update under Windows 2000/XP

Unfortunately in some cases the path to the new driver files has to be typed in again during the copy process.

In case Windows complains about the update and claims to know a better driver (c:\winnt\inf\oemx.inf), go back two steps and choose 'Display list of known hardware', then 'Have Disk'. Now point to the driver update.

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3. Installation under Windows 2000/XP

Insert the card(s), boot, enjoy Plug and Play (do NOT click on 'select from list', simply hit enter until the path to the driver files is asked).

In case the warning message 'Digital signature not found' comes up: Don't worry, continue installation.

When more than one card is installed do not reboot at this time, but first finish the installation process of the other cards. Have a look at the Taskbar - the hardware manager is already started once for each card.

Finally reboot.

In case the installation succeeds ALL supplied driver files will be copied to the system, all cards will be shown with their correct name in the Device Manager, and the System Tray shows the green card symbol to access the Steinberg Settings dialog.

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4. Driver News

Version 2.023 has been re-written in big parts. Most of the changes were made for the ST24/96:

- Fixed clicks of the second Hammerfall at low latency and high CPU load
- GSIF added
- BPM Kernel driver added
- Multiclient operation ASIO/MME, GSIF/MME, ASIO/GSIF, MME/ASIO/GSIF
- MME wave devices defined as under W9x
- Option Force ADAT
- Option A/S Conv.
- Performance in MME playback operation much improved
- MTRR re-activated
- Dynamic load according to the number of activated ASIO inputs
- Lowest MME latency reduced from 23 ms to 6 ms
- Settings dialog improved
- Real-time control of all functions improved
- 32 bit mono operation fixed
- No alternative ASIO dll anymore (audiomidifix) - this one is now standard
- Tab ASIO (now Mode) displayed only when DIGI96 series card is present
- Monitoring control improved
- Complete uninstall via system control panel/software

- Bugfix: Samplerate of the analog input wasn't set correctly under ASIO


Nuendo 96/52:

- Latency setting not synchronized when using more than one card
- Multi-client ASIO/MME operation did not work when using multiple cards
- BPM Kernel driver did not work
- Performance in MME record operation improved
- Settings dialog improved
- SyncAlign can be switched off via Registry
- No alternative ASIO dll anymore (audiomidifix) - this one is now standard
- Complete uninstall via system control panel/software


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5. WDM note

This driver uses the Windows Driver Model, therefore is fully Plug and Play compatible under Windows 2000. It does not support WDM streaming or KS (Kernel Streaming).


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Copyright RME 06/2002
All rights reserved. Windows 2000/XP are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. ASIO and Nuendo are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies AG.

